Friday, August 31, 2007

I needed to make a red/white/blue star for quilt camp. I started thinking - what should I make? And then I remember I just bought last week a book called Stars by Magic by Nancy Johnson-Srebro because of a post Kathie made about seeing it at a quilt show. It intrigued me, so I ordered it, and once I got it I was so excited. You can make 8 pointed stars without set-in or Y seams! And the points turn out so nicely! And I couldn't believe there are patterns for like 30 different stars in it! As you can see the one I made last night without even trying turned out wonderful! And that was on a whim at midnight when I was tired! I was just going to cut the fabric but then was too anxious to see it done! So I didn't try to hard to match things up and it still looks good! Can you imagine how it would look if I tried!

Yup, I"m going to make more!

And I also finished packaging up project #3! Can't even tell you what this one will be because it is a mystery Laura is doing for camp!

Cool! Talk about telepathy--I just emailed a friend and asked her about this book. We supposedly ordered them from a shop at that show but have never heard a word as to whether we'll actually get them. Now I'm more anxious than ever to get my hands on this book.

I love 8 pointed stars, but I am scared of them. Your block from this book has me so excited!!!!!! In fact I went to Amazon and ordered it before leaving this comment. Thanks so much for the info and the review. By the way, your quilt camp sounds like a blast!!!!!